Last night I checked out a tango show at a local cultural center, which included a wine tasting before the show. Pretty cool stuff. The show was pretty amazing, and included a magician performing tricks in between each dance number. The dancers were incredibly precise, which was probably a good thing, considering that tango seems […]
I spent most of yesterday and today exploring the area surrounding Plaza de San Martin, near my hostel. The weather is hot and muggy, and the best air-conditioning seems to be in the movie theaters. Today I caught a double-feature (The Departed and The Prestige) and browsed a couple of music stores for cheap jazz […]
Sorry for the spam, but I couldn’t resist posting a link to this news tidbit from Buenos Aires, courtesy of Reuters.com. (Click here to read the story.)
My last night in Barcelona, I didn’t manage to get much sleep. This was mainly due to the violent snoring of three of my roommates. As I have been known to saw a bit of wood myself, I admit that there was some irony in this. All the same, my Thursday morning started at 4am, when […]
So much for regular posting…I did make it to a couple more jazz venues before my time in Barcelona came to an end. The one I liked best was a place called Jazz Si, which hosted a variety of jazz, blues and rock that made for great (albeit smokey) listening any night of the week. […]
The jam session on Sunday night was a blast! Held in a smoke-filled back room of a popular Barcelona bar, the session was hosted by a rock band that dressed in drag and played like maniacs. They covered everything from classic rock to 80s hair-band favorites, and they were really good. There seemed to be […]
My morning flight from Berlin proved to be pretty uneventful, and I made it to my hostel next to Catalunya Plaza without the slightest hassle. Catalunya is at the center of a swarm of shops, restaurants, street performers and all the bodies that go with them. That was Saturday. Today, the streets are nearly vacant, and […]
My stay in Berlin has come to an end…with four hours before my flight, I´ve just checked out from the hostel and now it´s time for me to throw my bag on my back again. I´m hoping for some warmer weather in Spain, though I think I´ll be happy enough just so long as it […]
Last night, after a rejuvenating two-day stop in Gebenbach, I arrived in Berlin and met up with a couple of Australian friends (Kat and Chris) I first met in Prague. Though Kat had to catch a night train, Chris and I went out on the town hunting for jazz. We found it, though the venue […]
Today I leave Prague for Amberg, where I’ll be staying for a couple days before catching a train to Berlin. Prague has been an excellent musical experience. Not only is there great music here, but it’s practically spilling out of the clubs and restaurants, eight days a week. While I only visited half a dozen […]